TRANSDUCERS conference is the largest multidisciplinary conference on Microsensors, Microactuators and Microsystems, with about more than 1000 attendees from university, research institute, government and industry who gather every two years to exchange the latest advances in the field. The coming Transducers'13 conference is the 17th international conference on solid-state sensors, actuators and Microsystems of the TRANSDUCERS conference series started at 1981 in Boston (USA), and it is the first time for this conference to be held in Spain. The conference will feature four days of presentations and posters highlighting the latest and most technically advanced work in mechanical, optical, chemical, and biological devices and systems using micro- and nano-technology. Work of both a fundamental and applied nature will be featured.